Ways to let the community know how to help BlueBirds

• 1: Blog
• 2: Talk about it with your family and friends to spread the word
• 3: If you see any bluebirds DONT terrorize them
• 4: If you have time and wood than you can build a bluebird house

Predators

The predators of a bluebird include Hawks, Cats, Squirrels, Chipmunks, Snakes, Raccoons, and more. Hawks swoop down and catch the bluebirds in their mouths. Cats will chase them down like any other bird. Squirrells and Chipmunks do the same as the cat does. By Seth Hart.

Invasive species

One of the Bluebirds predators is the House sparrows. The House sparrow will not live in a nest box where another sparrow lives. That leave room for the Bluebirds to nest in the other nest.

oil spill in the gulf

On April 20, a rig crashed into a pipe containing millions of gallons of oil. The oil still continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. They are having trouble controling tis spill and have tried many different sollutions to solve this problem. We are afraid that it will spread into the keys of Florida an possibly in t the Great Lakes. Sadly, some of the oil has been washed up on the beach along with many animals. This may become to be the largest oil spill in American history if we don't stop it soon.

Nesting

After a male Eastern Bluebird attracted a female to his nest site the female does the nest building. She makes the nest by loosely weaving grass and the occasionally some horse hair and turkey feathers. Nest boxes are so common in some areas that in a single area there may be several holes. Females build a nest in each hole, but typically only use on of these. Bluebirds may brood in only one hole.

Blue Bird Behavior

The behavior of bluebirds, is the eastern bluebirds perch erect on wires, posts, and low branches in a open country and scanning the ground for prey. They feed on the droppings the ground onto insects or in fall and winter, peerching on furiting trees to gulp down berries. Bluebirds commonly use nest boxes as well as old woodpecker holes.By Parker Welch

Information Relating to the Bluebirds

• Physical Characteristics

The male eastern bluebird, 7 inches long, has a bright blue back, forehead, crown, shoulders, wings, and tail. very faint black and white barring, appears in wing primaries. The throat and breast are rust. The rust color continues down the sides under the wings, but the belly is white.

• Blue Bird

Eastern Bluebirds prefer edge or open habitats with little ground cover. Bluebirds are cavity nesters, and are unable to evacuate their own cavities, so they rely on other species, or naturally occuring cavaties. Becuase of the this nest cavities are the limiting resource in most populations.